cadmium
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Cadmium.
See also: Cadmium
English
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Cd | |
| Previous: silver (Ag) | |
| Next: indium (In) | |
Etymology
1817, from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía, “calamine”), a cadmium-bearing mixture of minerals, which was named after the king Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: kăd'mēəm, IPA(key): /ˈkædmiəm/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Hyphenation: cad‧mi‧um
Noun
cadmium (countable and uncountable, plural cadmiums)
- A chemical element (symbol Cd) with an atomic number of 48: a soft, silvery-white metal.
- (countable) A single atom of this element.
Derived terms
- cadmian
- cadmic
- cadmiferous
- cadmium acetate
- cadmium antimonide
- cadmium arsenide
- cadmium azide
- cadmium bromide
- cadmium carbonate
- cadmium cell
- cadmium chloride
- cadmium chromate
- cadmium cyanide
- cadmium fluoride
- cadmium green
- cadmium hydroxide
- cadmium iodate
- cadmium iodide
- cadmium mercury cell
- cadmium metasilicate
- cadmium metatantalate
- cadmium metazirconate
- cadmium molybdate
- cadmium niobate
- cadmium nitrate
- cadmium orange
- cadmium oxalate
- cadmium oxide
- cadmium phosphate
- cadmium phosphide
- cadmium red
- cadmium selenide
- cadmium selenite
- cadmium sulfate, cadmium sulphate
- cadmium sulfide, cadmium sulphide
- cadmium sulfite, cadmium sulphite
- cadmium tellurate
- cadmium telluride
- cadmium titanate
- cadmium tungstate
- cadmium vanadate
- cadmium yellow
- cadmium zinc telluride
- cadmiuria
- cadmopone
- cadmoselite
- cadmous
- dicadmium
- epicadmium
- mercury cadmium telluride
- nicad
- noncadmium
- organocadmium
- radiocadmium
Related terms
Translations
chemical element
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See also
Danish
Alternative forms
Noun
cadmium
- cadmium
Dutch
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Cd | |
| Previous: zilver (Ag) | |
| Next: indium (In) | |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
cadmium n (uncountable)
Derived terms
French
Pronunciation
Noun
cadmium m (uncountable)
Further reading
- “cadmium”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Latin
| Chemical element | |
|---|---|
| Cd | |
| Previous: argentum (Ag) | |
| Next: indium (In) | |
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈkad.mi.um/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkad.mi.um/,
Noun
cadmium n (genitive cadmiī); second declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cadmium | cadmia |
| Genitive | cadmiī | cadmiōrum |
| Dative | cadmiō | cadmiīs |
| Accusative | cadmium | cadmia |
| Ablative | cadmiō | cadmiīs |
| Vocative | cadmium | cadmia |